My wife sent me a text that included a lot of the below philosophy. She smiled after she sent it, saying "it's incredible to look back, and reflect on how much he tried to do to us, how much he said about us to others, when all…
We build temples out of paychecks. Altars of leather seats and square footage. We hang diplomas like saints on the wall and call it arrival. The hungry years. The proving. The more, the almost, the finally. We gnaw the hours down to bone for things that will forget our names…
In first grade, Mrs. Cooper's class at Oakview Elementary, she would always play a game with the class similar to hide and seek. A classmate would hide a toy (I believe it was a leprechaun) while the rest of us would put ur heads down and waited. Once…
I watch Seinfeld. I watch Seinfeld every. single. night. I’ve done this for years. My wife has never seen a single episode of Seinfeld, but she can quote it like clockwork, and fill in the punch lines because she’s heard the entire series 320x times. When I’m…
What if it happens and there's no way out. The not-knowing doesn't kill me. It keeps me too alert to die. Alone is where the walls learn your name. They watch. They wait. They know the game. Then the chest tightens its gri a fist closing…
There is something that outlives the body. There is something that knows your voice before your name. There is something that forgives the wound before the apology. There is something that holds the silence when the room empties. There is something that buries its dead and sets the table anyway.…
The Great Gamer Tag Identity Crisis of the early 90s. WarMachine. I don't know where it came from. Ozzy had War Pigs but that wasn't it. Somewhere in my head there's a ghost reference, a song or a lyric or maybe just the word…
"Cops are at their house again" a neighbor told us. We installed external cameras and internal garage cameras nearly two years ago. We called them the "Chad Detection Cams" and they pickup motion, and sound, ALL SOUNDS including talk 😄 We told our kids they couldn'…
With recent events around us, as unexpected goodbyes are happening, I'm reminded how fragile life is. Hug your people. 🫂 Call your parents. 🤟 Call everyone. 📣 Be present. Keep sewing those blankets of memories. In the end, that is...... all .... we ..... get ............. to ............. leave ............... behind. ❤️ Jake https://lnkd.in/gcxX7haB…
With the help of AI, I was able to install my first electrical outlet, and it works too ⚡ Oh, and I’m almost a master plumber now.Yesterday, AI walked me through installing a toilet. I’m still chiseling a trench through my living room floor for the pipe that…